Holdback for pole-irons of wagons



INVENTOR: 91%

I ATTORNEYS.

(ModeL) W. D. HATCH. HOLDBAGK-FOR POLE IRONS 0P WAGONS.

Patented May 27, 1884.

WITNESSES':

rrn in'rns WILLIAM D. HATCH, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK.

HOLDBACK FOR POLE-IRONS OF WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,384, dated May 27, 1884.

Application filed May 16, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. HATCH, of Olean, in the county of Gattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holdbacks for Pole-Irons of \Vagons and other Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvcmentin holdbacks for poles and pole-irons of vehicles; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of the parts whereby the pole-iron is protected from wear and prevented from cutting into the pole by the pull of the neckyoke ring on the holdback, essentially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the end of a wagon-pole, with pole-iron on the end thereof, and with my improved holdback applied. Fig. 2 is an under view of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section thereof on the line as x in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa partly sectional side view of the holdback detached.

A is the wagon-pole, and B the iron or cap on the end thereof, said pole-iron being made of fiat or band iron, with a loop in front of round iron between the top and bottom of the entire iron or cap.

0 is the holdback, which may be made mainly of round iron, and combines a brace, 71, the rear end of which is secured to the under side of the pole, an upright standard in front forming a bolt, 0, that passes through the pole A and iron B, and is secured by anut, d, on top of the pole. A metal ferrule, f,is slipped over the bolt portion 0 before fitting the holdback to the pole. This ferrule is swelled out at top,

as at c. This ferrule f isin the nature of a longitudinally-apertured post, whose upper end has a concave abutment against the pole-iron, as shown in Fig. 3, and whose lower end has a notch on its rear side, which straddles the (Model brace-section b of the holdback. This concave abutment and this notch, it will be seen, lock the apertured post or ferrule against turning and rattling, and hold it firmly in place. The neck-yoke ring D (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1) slips over the end of the pole, and when pulling against the holdback bears against the upper swell, e, of the ferrule. This prevents the wearing or cutting of the pole-cap into the wood of the pole,and protects the poleiron from wear by the yoke-ring, which objections are common to holdbacks as heretofore constructed, but which in my improved holdback, that also may be made cheaper than the ordinary holdback, are avoided by reason of the ferrule taking the wear of the ring and protecting or re-enforcing, as it were, the poleiron.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a holdback, the combination, with the tongue, of a longitudinallyapertured post or ferrule, f, and a holdback-rod, C, inserted through the post and bent to form a brace, substantially as described.

2. A holdback consisting of abrace-rod, O, and a post or ferrule, f, having its upper end concaved to abut against the tongue, whereby said post is restrained from rotation when secured in position, substantially as described.

3. A holdback consisting of a bent rod, 0, and an apertured post or ferrule, f, having a notch at its bottom end straddling said rod, as-and for the purpose described.

4. The holdback-rod 0, having the brace 12 and bolt end 0 all constructed in one piece, in combination with the pole-ironBand the post or ferrule f, formed with the swell e, fitting against the pole-iron, the bolt of the holdback passing through the ferrule, and also through the poleiron, substantially as shown and described.

' WILLIAM D. HATCH. Witnesses:

SIMON REIOH, F. H. OAKLEAF. 

